Travel in Syria and the Holy Land
by John Lewis Burckhardt
Burckhardt really was the original Lawrence of Arabia, the Westerner who goes out to the Middle East, studies Arabic, dresses in the local fashion, and travels right through the Arab world. And he came away with a depth of understanding about the people among whom he travelled that was just unsurpassed in its day. He is most famous for being the first Westerner to see the Nabatean ruins in Petra.
